President Donald Trump announced Monday a new, revised executive order that would temporarily bar travel into the United States for people from six Muslim-majority countries. Heading into the week, White House adviser Kellyanne Conway said Iraq would be removed from the original ban, which included Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen. The latest
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International, Middle East, USALOS ANGELES — A federal judge has issued a temporary restraining order preventing immigration agents from transferring outside of Southern California an Afghan family that attorneys say had been granted special immigration visas but whose members were detained when they arrived in Los Angeles. The order, issued Saturday evening, also says the government cannot bar
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International, USABerlin (dpa) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel will speak to US President Donald Trump about the Group of 20 (G20) summit taking place in Germany as well as the future of the transatlantic relationship, her spokesman said on Monday. During her first trip to Washington since Trump’s inauguration, Merkel will convey to Trump what her
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International, USAPHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (Press Release)—Jewish American Heritage Month (JAHM), a national commemoration of the contributions that Americans Jews have made to the fabric of our nation’s history, culture, and society, announces the theme for the May 2017 celebration. This year, JAHM celebrates Americans Jews who have made a significant impact in the field of medical research.
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Jewish History, USAAs Trump administration officials on Monday laid out the details of the president’s revised executive order suspending travel to the U.S. from six Muslim-majority countries, one senior official insisted: “We want to stress at the outset, there was nothing wrong with that first executive order, itself.” Tacitly, however, the replacement order illustrates just how flawed
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International, Middle East, USAAttendance was inspired by cemetery desecration Azra Baig. Photo via South Brunswick Board of Education Rabbi Robert Wolkoff felt “supported and encouraged” by the presence of 50 Muslim guests at Shabbat services in February. The toppling of 170 gravestones at a Jewish cemetery in Missouri inspired a Muslim woman in Middlesex County to do something
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Jewish Religion, USASoldiers on arrest raid exchange fire with suspect, resulting in his death, wound two others; M-16 rifle, submachine gun found in home By Judah Ari Gross An M-16 rifle found in the home of a wanted Palestinian suspect, March 6, 2017, according to the IDF. (IDF) An alleged Palestinian terrorist was killed in an exchange
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Middle EastDays after North Korea promised a “merciless attack” on South Korea and the United States for conducting military exercises close to its borders, North Korea fired four missiles on Monday morning local time toward Japan’s coastline, three of which landed in Japanese waters. In return, Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga called the attack a
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InternationalTeam Israel to play against South Korea to kick off quadrennial tournament modeled after World Cup By Times of Israel staff ‘Mensch on a Bench’ with Team Israel player Cody Decker, March 5, 2017. (Screenshot/MLB.com) The Israeli baseball team brought along its mascot, Mensch on a Bench, to kick off the World Baseball Classic against
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International, Sports & CompetitionsFormer PM Alain Juppé told reporters Monday that he will not enter the presidential race, even as a fake jobs scandal threatens the election hopes of fellow Les Républicains member François Fillon. Juppé lost to Fillon in a November primary. “I confirm once and for all that I will not be candidate to the presidency
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders went on a tweet-storm Monday calling President Donald Trump a liar who could chip away at the respect for the United States worldwide. Sanders’ inspiration was the president’s recent claim, made without providing evidence, that former President Barack Obama wiretapped Trump Tower in New York City ahead of the 2016 election.
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USASherri Mandell In February 1969, Rasmeah Odeh murdered two Hebrew University students and injured nine other people. Leon Kaner was 21 and Edward Jaffe was 22 when they were murdered in a Jerusalem supermarket. Odeh set bombs in coffee cans that exploded in the grocery, killing the two young men and injuring nine other people.
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Middle East, USAIsraeli government votes to decriminalize recreational marijuana use (JNS.org) The Israeli government voted in favor of decriminalizing recreational marijuana use, joining several other European countries and U.S. states that have adopted similar measures. At Israel’s weekly cabinet meeting Sunday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said a team of experts had studied the issue and that “this
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Middle EastBy Sam Ben-Meir DOBBS FERRY, New York — The United States is witnessing a disturbing rise in anti-Semitic acts, which are sweeping over the country in wave after wave. In St. Louis, more than a hundred tombstones were tipped over; similar hate crimes have taken place in Philadelphia and New York. Attacks are taking place not
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